@JayHrndz2 they think that having everyone against us will make us "feel bad" or diminish whatever is accomplished. they clearly dont understand the American psyche
@JillianSakovits and you know what, I really dont care. screw them all. we won down a man for 30 mins. if (excuse me, when) we win tomorrow, I hope Balogun has a hattie. let em all complain. losers complain, winners just move forward
@JohnFrancisBC@Aaronharpauthor This. Hey I’m glad he’s playing but FIFA took a middle ground which was assine. Either they uphold the red card and he sits or they rescind the red card and he plays. FIFA basically said good red card but he can play. Illogical
@johnwalker_1986@FplVeteran_ I actually agree. Not a soccer guy but by most accounts the VAR process was misapplied. So you either uphold the decision or completely rescind it. FIFA went precisely in the middle. Made a bad situation worse
Well... the 4th of July is over.
Now we move on to something America truly excels at, Competition…
Monday night: USA vs. Belgium.
See, other countries have their "favorite sport."
America's favorite sport is Competition... whatever we're playing.
Soccer, football, backyard cornhole, we're not picky.
So yeah, different field, same attitude.
Let's go USA. 🇺🇸
Je suis Français.
Ma boîte est américaine.
Et aujourd'hui, 4 juillet, jour où l'Amérique fête ses 250 ans, je veux dire les choses simplement : j'aime les États-Unis.
Pas par posture. Par lucidité.
Parce que vous avez gardé ce que l'Occident a produit de meilleur, et que trop d'Européens ont oublié.
Vous respectez la création de valeur. Chez vous, réussir n'est pas un péché à expier mais une preuve qu'on a rendu service au monde. Votre rapport à l'argent est sain : ce n'est pas une honte, c'est de l'énergie qu'on remet en mouvement.
Vous êtes des joueurs, pas des victimes. Quand quelque chose casse, vous demandez « comment on répare » pas « qui est le coupable ». L'Europe, elle, a fait de la plainte un sport national et de la victimisation une identité. C'est notre vraie maladie.
Vous incarnez encore les valeurs de l'Occident. Le dépassement de soi. La liberté individuelle. Et qu'on l'oublie jamais le fun. Un peuple qui ne sait plus jouer, rêver grand et rire de lui-même est un peuple qui a déjà commencé à mourir.
Vous avez bâti les meilleures technologies des 40 dernières années. Internet, le mobile, le cloud, le spatial, l'IA. Pendant que d'autres écrivaient des rapports sur l'innovation, vous la livriez.
Maintenant, deux conseils. De quelqu'un qui vous aime.
Méfiez-vous du poison communiste qui s'infiltre chez vous. Il ne porte plus l'uniforme rouge. Il a muté. Décroissance, wokisme, globalisme : mille visages, une seule logique culpabiliser le fort, punir le créateur, dissoudre l'individu dans la masse. Ne le laissez pas entrer par la porte de derrière au nom de la vertu.
Continuez d'accélérer.
Vous n'êtes pas qu'un pays, vous êtes le dernier grand accélérateur de la civilisation. Créez les conditions pour que l'Occident finisse par se réunir autour de trois piliers : la propriété, la liberté individuelle, le capitalisme. Vous en êtes le moteur. Mais n'oubliez jamais que l'Europe reste votre socle culturel vos racines sont ici.
Alors joyeux anniversaire, l'Amérique. Restez joueurs. Restez libres. Restez debout.
Au travail. 🇺🇸
AMERICA 250
I think it's cool to be an American.
I think it's cool to love your country.
I think it's cool…
…that this country took a kid from England with nothing but a dream and gave him every shot to build a life he never could have imagined back home
…that I get to serve the men and women who wear the cloth of our nation through the Robert Irvine Foundation
...that in the picture above, a guy who came up in the British Royal Navy is becoming an Honorary Chief Petty Officer of the US Navy
…that after 250 years, the American idea is still the boldest bet on human freedom the world has ever seen
…that no matter where you start or what your name is, America still bets on the person willing to outwork everybody else
…that the right to fail, learn, and come back swinging is the greatest gifts this country offers
…that my daughters got to grow up in a place where their only limits are the ones they set for themselves
I think it's cool to love your country.
I think it's cool to be an American.
God bless this great nation of ours.
Happy Fourth to all who celebrate.
To everyone else, grab a plate and pull up a chair. There's so much more I'd love to tell you about this place, which turned out to be everything I dreamed of and so much more. This country belongs to all who are willing to show up and do the work of building it.
That's worth celebrating.
@nkalamb you are incrdeibly tone deaf. have you not seen the masses coming to America and being embraced and embracing this country. I really despise all politicians, news outlets and people that make everything political. our country is awesome, just ask the Scots, norweigians, etc
#USMNT striker Folarin Balogun on his immediate reaction to red card:
“I think it was just important to stay calm. I never want to react out of anger and out of emotion. There’s still lots of people we’re inspiring, little kids, boys and girls who are watching, and we have to show them the correct way to handle things, even when you think it's unjust.”
On shaking ref’s hand postgame:
“As said, you can feel like something, injustice can happen to you. It’s not an excuse to be disrespectful… I'm aware that the World Cup might be the first time a lot of American viewers are tuning in. So it's important just to show people, whether things happen to you, good or bad, just to continue to be yourself.”